3/21/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Rochester BWA lifted
Safe drinking water restored
Water news for Thursday, March 21, 2024 updated 347 pm
Drinking Water Matters
Downtown Rochester and some neighborhoods west of Genesee River came under a BWA Tuesday after the body of a man was removed from the Highland Park Reservoir. The City water plant switched over to alternate supply while the Highland Park reservoir was drained, cleaned and refilled. Monroe County Department of Environmental Health ordered the Boil Notice out of an abundance of caution, the City District schools closed Wednesday. Students are returning to school this morning.
Flooding in the USA provisional data from USGS streamflow monitors
Twenty stream gauges record flood stage in continental USA Thursday afternoon, down from twenty-one this morning.
WT is currently tracking flooding at thirteen of these locations, located in Georgia and Louisiana.
New York Water Science Center confirms that the coastal flood monitor on Reynolds Channel at Point Outlook on the east end of Long Beach Barrier Island has been malfunctioning on and off since March 15. The provisional data concerning this flood signal has been confirmed an error, there is no flooding observed in NYS at this time.
March has been a month of heavy flooding in Georgia. As of this update, three rivers are still running over in the south. Ogeechee River flooding ended this morning near Eden. Satilla River is still up two inches over flood stage at Atkinson. Altamaha River is starting to slow down at the top end near Charlotteville while Savannah River thinks about turning back into the channel at Burtons Ferry Road. Altamaha and Satilla are still rising near the outlets as the bulk of flood water moves on through to the Atlantic.
See black tags on the map for flood levels updated daily and a running timeline of the March 2024 flood event here: WaterToday Georgia
Louisiana marks another day of flooding in Regions 1, 4 and 7 Thursday. Rivers are roaming out of their courses on the east side and west side of the state again today, six monitoring stations supplying the provisional data for this report. After the spring equinox, Bayou Dorcheat is still flooding near Springhill and downstream Minden. Bayou Bodcau is overflowing near Shreveport. Pearl River is still out of the channel near Bogalusa and at the municipality of Pearl River.
See the black tags on the map for updated flood flow values at WaterToday Louisiana https://www.wtla.us
Ohio is not contributing to the flood conversation this morning, the current streamflows in Ohio are normal to much below normal.
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